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Art on the Fly
BQdanza will present PAWAY at Art on the Fly
Saturday June 5th 12-6
2200 Plaza (Denny and Westlake Steetcar stop)
Performers include Stephany Kriegue, Katie Stricker, Krissa Englebright, Vanessa Villalobos, and Fritz Boonzaier. Paway” is a mixed media performance combining folk and contemporary dance, masks, and larger-than-life puppetry. Originally set in a South American town and drawing inspiration from magical realism, this performance provides a window into events and characters who inhabit the town of Paway.
For info on the rest of the festival go to:
ARTS WRAP
BQdanza director Carla Barragán and Fritz Boonzaier are currently setting a non-profit caled Arts Wrap, for now, a new branch of BQdanza. The organization mission is to make arts available to underserved communities through artist residencies, exhibitions, performances and arts education.
BLOGSPOT
To see YouTube links of our work, and slideshows go to:
Quote: "Barragán accomplished her goal: to provoke in the audience a sense of awe that emerges not from reason, but from the sensory perception. The variety of arts that converge in this work eliminates any danger of labeling it." (El Universo, April 2007) |
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NINCOMPOOP
Nincompoop, a new piece by Barragán and BQdanza members, explores waiting and rebellion against the status quo through whimsical movement by five larger than life puppets. Eventhough a nincompoop is believed to be a rather silly or socially clumsy being, there was also a Nincompoopiana aesthetic movement that began in the 1880’s, which rebelled against the pretty and the respectable. Carla Barragán combines these two meanings to weave real and made-up scenarios in relation to our waiting, with the puppets as archetypes.
The exciting challenge for the company is to develop the performance language. The dancers animate the puppet characters from within through a mixture of puppetry techniques and contemporary dance creating a new, merged movement language - not typical of the puppetry world, in which hands and head are the most important.
Hendri Walujo in Frame
Dancers presently dancing with BQdance:
Hendri Walujo, Katy Sullivan, Carla Barragan, Sruti Desai,Rosa Vissers, Stephanie Kriege and Katie Stricker